St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-09-17

bear hal the advantage at Eicate;
agility and the cNp-:-; and telling Us,
of two terrible weapons. his teeth and
claws. while tine bull represented more
inilexible courage and greater powers
of endurance. The unfortunate result
of the bulls last charge on the grizzly
indicated that the lattc-'s qua ties
would in few minutes more settle the
fight against the bull. and l was in
momentary expectation Of seeing such
. termination, when, to my astonish-
ment. l saw the bear relax his efforts.
roll over from the body Of his prostra. :,
foe. and drag himself feebly away from
the SPOT His appearance was sicken-
ing to me. SO frightfully had he been
ripped and torn by the bulls horns.
The grizzly had no sooner abandoned
his attack on the hull than the latter
was on his feet, bearing himself as
erect and fierce as ever. II the bears
appearance was sickening. the bulls
was doubly so. He was covered with
blood from his forehead to his rump.
and his flesh and skin actually hung in
strips and tatters from his head and
sides. Giving his head . shake that
scattered blood in = shower about HIM.
and gave him . moments sight Of the
reeking bear in front of him. he lowered
his head for the fourth time, and again
made one of his terrific charges.
When the dying bear had dragged
himself away from the bull. the
eagles actually swoopcd down upon
him. and the wolves sprang from the
thicket into the opening and prepared
to pounce upon him. The bull scat
tered the impatient birds and animals
IS he swept on his final charge against
the grizzly. and they hastily departed.
shrieking and snarling. The cattle
again added their believing to that of
the bulls. and acted Is il they under
stood the favorable turn the fight had
taken. As the bull hurled himself
against the grizzly. the latter braced
for . last desperate struggle.
He struck out wildly with his paws, and
the bull fell back with the force of the
grizzly's blows. presenting ghastly
spectacle. His tongue hung from hi.
= mangled mass Of shreds. His
face was ripped bare Of flesh to the
bone. and his eyes were torn from their
sockets. The charge was equally dis
astrous to the bear. he being ripped
open. and he sank to the
ground writhing in his agony. The
courage of the bull her.
prevailed. Blinded and crippled as he
was. he made but q slight pause after
his fourth assault. and then dashed
wildly xt his foe again. The grizzly's
roar now seemed to be one of terror.
With . last frantic effort he sought to
make his escape, scrambling and stag
gering through the dust But it was
useless. His great strength was gone.
The bull plunged his horns again and
again into the huge form Of the dying
brute as he lay stretched helpless in
the dust. The bears muscles quivered
and contracted He drew his immense
paws up once or twice in ronvulsive
raised his huge head. gave one
groan and fell back dead.
The victorious bull raised his bloody,
horribly dis6gured crest gave voice to
! deep below. and. shaking his head
turned and walked away.
His progress was slow and painful. and
he stopped and turned at short inter-
vals and listened. rs il to know whether
lis foe would renew the battle. He
walked nearly . hundred yards, with
lis herd gathering and believing about
him. Presently his head dropped from
Is proud position. He spread his legs
apart as il to brace himself against the
weakness that was stealing upon him.
suddenly he fell as If he had been shot.
. mangled. bleeding mass, and was
Ioon dead.
.'The bull had no sooner left the dead
,ear than the eagles and wolves were
snarling and fighting on the
.arcass. The bull had not been dead
i've minutes when q flock of vultures
lropped down in their mysterious way
,pon his body. When I climbed out of
he tree to leave the scene Of that ter
ific combat the herd of cattle had dis
appeared on the plain. and two great
keletons were al! that marked the field
4 conflict. IN y Swn.